Hebrew Interlinear

Isaiah 49:6 Interlinear

And he said It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob of Israel and to restore I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559And he saidto say (used with great latitude)
2נָקֵ֨לH7043It is a light thingto be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
3מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ֥H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
4לִי֙H0
5עֶ֔בֶדH5650that thou shouldest be my servanta servant
6לְהָקִים֙H6965to raise upto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
7אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
8שִׁבְטֵ֣יH7626the tribesa scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
9יַעֲקֹ֔בH3290of Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
10וּנְציּרֵ֥יH5336properly, conservative; but used passively, delivered
11יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
12לְהָשִׁ֑יבH7725and to restoreto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
13וּנְתַתִּ֙יךָ֙H5414I will also giveto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
14לְא֣וֹרH216thee for a lightillumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
15גּוֹיִ֔םH1471to the Gentilesa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
16לִֽהְי֥וֹתH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
17יְשׁוּעָתִ֖יH3444that thou mayest be my salvationsomething saved, i.e., (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
18עַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
19קְצֵ֥הH7097unto the endan extremity
20הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776of the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Isaiah 49:5 And now saith of the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant...
Isaiah 49:6 (current)And he said It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob of Israel and to restore I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth
Isaiah 49:7 Thus saith because of the LORD the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One...

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